Hexagon packing-box.



No. 646,920. Eatented Apr. 3, I900.

T. F. W. SCHMIDT.

. HEXAGON PACKING BOX.

(Application filed Feb. 8, 1899. Renewed Feb. 26, 1900.)

(No Model.)

llNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE F. \V. SCHMIDT, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- I-IALFTO THE DAYTON FOLDING BOX COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OI-IIO.

HEXAGON PACKING-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 646,920, dated April 3,1900. Application filed February 8, 1899. Renewed February 26, 1900.Serial No. 6,615. (No model.)

and so can be economically and conveniently packed.

The features of myinvention are more fully set forth in the descriptionof the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, inwhich- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one end of the box locked.Fig. 2 is a plan View of the top, showing one step of the lockingoperation. Fig. 3 is a plan View of one end of the blank.

Arepresents the blank, and A the flap por= tion.

a represents the six longitndinallvscored lines, and 1 2 3 4t 5 6represent the sides.

12 represents the transverse scored line along which the flapsare bent.

The flap portion A, contiguous to the sides 2 and 5, is cut with twoopposing obtuse-angle cuts a: y, forming the covering-flaps o c, of ashape and size corresponding to the cross section of the box. Thestraight line a is then cut intermediate of the flaps e f. This cuttingforms the hexagon cover-flaps c c and the interlocking flaps d c f g.All of these flaps at their outer edges and at their point of attachmentto the sides are equal in width to the width of the sides, and in lengththey are equal to the diameter of the box. By this method of cutting ablank of rectangular form can be employed and the locking ends formed bycut lines without cutting away any portion of the material, so that theblank folded out, as shown in Fig. 3, is of rectangular shape. The side6 is provided with a short flap O, by means of which when the blank isbent into form it is secured to the side 1.

The locking operation is the same at each end and is as follows: Thehexagon coverflaps c c are bent down to cover the open end of the box.Two of the opposite flaps, say df, are bent down over the cover-flaps,as shown in Fig. 2, the interlocking points it '5 being each tuckedunder the section of its co acting flap contiguous to the sides. Theopposite flaps e g are then folded down across the first interlockedflaps and transverse thereto and their points likewise interlocked. Bythis method the two hexagon covers at each end of the box are secured bya double cross-lock.

This box can be readily collapsed for packing, locked and unlocked, andis cheap and simple and very advantageous for packing lamp-chimneys orany other suitable article or material.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. A hexagon packing-boxformed of a sin= gle blank, scored, bent and secured into form, providedwith end covering-flaps consisting of two opposite flaps correspondingin size and shape to the cross-section of the box, two oppositeinterlocking flaps, and two opposite in terlocking flaps transversethereto, the said flaps being equal in length to the diameter of the boxand in width to the width of the sides of the box, substantially asspecified.

'2. A hexagon packing-box formed of a single blank, scored, bent andsecured into form, provided with end covering-flaps consisting of twoopposite hexagon flaps corresponding to the cross-section of the box,two opposite interlocking flaps, and two opposite inter1ocking sectionstransverse to the first-named interlocking flaps, the said flaps beingequal in length to the diameter of the box, whereby the hexagon flapsare secured down upon each end by a double cross-lock, substantially asspecified.

3. A rectangular blank for a packing-case, provided .with longitudinallyscored lines forming six sides, and a transverse-scored line at each endforming covering-flaps, the four angular-cut lines 0;, y,'and thestraight line in each end flap, substantially as specified.

4. A rectangular blank for a packing-case, provided with longitudinallyscored lines forming six sides, and a transverse-scored line at each endforming end flaps, the said end flaps being each divided into six flapsall equal in width at their outer ends to the width of the sides, and inlength to the diameter of the box, two of the flaps being equal in sizeand shape to the cross-section of the box, each of the remaining flapshaving notched edges adapted to interlock with the edges of the oppositeflap to form a transverse double look over the two hexagon sealing-flapsat each end of the box, substantially as specified.

5. A hexagon packing-case, substantially as described provided with sixcovering-flaps at each end equal in width at their outer ends to thesides, and in length to the diameter of THEODORE F. \V. SCHMIDT.

Witnesses:

ALFRED ELLISON, SAMUEL S. HEINOLD.

